Gary Neville has named four players who Manchester United should move on in their attempts to land Tottenham captain Harry Kane this summer.
The striker has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester City this summer but Neville believes United should rival their interest in their attempts to land the 28-year-old.
Edinson Cavani signed a one-year contract extension at Old Trafford but is not a long-term solution in the position while Anthony Martial has also fallen from prominence at the club.
Neville believes that United should have been more proactive in moving on squad players this transfer window in order to land the England captain.
Neville does not believe that United have enough about them to land this year’s Premier League title but insists that signing Kane would be a game-changer.
He listed out-of-favour striker Martial, along with peripheral attacking players Dan James, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata as possibilities for moving on in order to land the striker.
Neville explained on Sky Sports: “ Chelsea we’ve seen what they’ve done with [Romelu] Lukaku, we’ve seen that Van Dijk has come back for Liverpool, we know Manchester City are in for [Jack] Grealish and Kane. If they get Kane I think there’s a massive problem for United.]
“I’m struggling to understand why Manchester United aren’t going that extra step this transfer window.
“Sancho’s £70 million was last year’s money. And I think with regards to Manchester United, they’ve always gone after the best player in the Premier League, the best English player, the best British player historically.
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“Why is Martial, James, Lingard… you’re talking about potentially offloading a lot of wages there, potentially getting some transfer fees in.
“Why are they not going in for Harry Kane this week?
“Because if I think Harry Kane entered Manchester United you could get up to 90-95 points, without him [they won’t].
“They’re still going to have to replace [Edinson] Cavani and Martial next summer. Martial’s not going to do it, Cavani has only got one year left [on his contract].
“They’re going to have to buy a centre forward at some point. Why not get the man now and give Ole that impetus to get to that 90-point [target]. I don’t think they can with just Sancho and Varane.
“Manchester United will lose Martial and Cavani in the next 12 months, they’ll only have Mason Greenwood as a centre forward, [Marcus] Rashford [is best] on the left.
“I think Manchester United will need a centre forward in the next 12 months, the guy is available now if you pay £150m.
“You’ve got Martial, James, Mata and Lingard who I think, to be fair, we could do without them at the club.
“I personally think Kane coming in [to United] would be a differentiator.”
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